flies
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Fruit flies are simple to breed and keep in the lab.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
A major question now is whether the distributed neural control observed in fruit flies is also found in other animals.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
US officials said some four million sterile flies are now being released weekly from the sky, and that some four million more in the pupae stage were being deployed in ground release chambers.
From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026
When produced and released in large numbers, sterile male flies mate with wild female flies, which then lay unfertilized eggs, according to the USDA.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
She tried not to look at the dead flies stuck in the goopy puddles on the ground.
From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis
